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LOT 0953
Byzantine Glass Face Appliqué
CIRCA 6TH-10TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
1 1/8 in. (7.6 grams, 29 mm).
Modelled in low relief with band of hair above arched brows and lentoid eyes, transverse bar for the mouth; reputedly the head of Jesus from a Corpus Christi. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected from 1969-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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